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Principal Investigator(s):
Karen Roy
Summary: Project Update (552kb .pdf)
Located downwind of midwestern coal burning power plants, the Adirondack mountain ecosystem of New York State is one of the regions most sensitive to acidification in North America. The primary goal of this research was to increase understanding of the impacts and complex processes involved in acidic deposition in the region.
Under this extensive monitoring program water chemistry data are gathered from 52 lakes and six streams, in the Adirondack Mountain region, and analyzed to determine long-term trends. In addition, the study considers episodic acidification and impacts of watershed attributes.
Partners: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, US Environmental Protection Agency, Syracuse University, US Geological Survey
Downloads:
Project Update (552kb .pdf) Interim Report (adirondacklakessurvey.org)
Arbutus Lake, Avalanche Lake, Bald Mountain Brook, Barnes Lake, Big Hope Pond, Big Moose Lake, Black Pond, Brook Trout Lake, Bubb Lake, Buck Creek, Carry Pond, Cascade Lake, Clear Pond, Constable Pond, Dart Lake, East Copperas Pond, Fly Pond Outlet, G Lake, Grass Pond (03), Grass Pond (04), Heart Lake, Indian Lake, Jockeybush Lake, Lake Colden, Lake Rondaxe, Limekiln Lake, Little Clear Pond, Little Echo Lake, Little Hope Pond, Little Simon Pond, Long Pond, Loon Hollow Pond, Lost Pond, Marcy Dam Pond, Moss Lake, Middle Branch Lake, Middle Pond, Middle Settlement Lake, Nate Pond, North Lake, Otter Lake, Owen Pond, Queer Lake, Raquette Lake Reservoir, Sagamore Lake, Sochia Pond, South Lake, Squash Pond, Squaw Lake, Sunday Pond, West Pond, Willis Lake, Willy's Lake, Windfall Pond, Woods Lake
Latitude/Longitude: (6kb .pdf)
Region(s): North Country
County(ies): Herkimer, Franklin, Essex, Hamilton, Lewis, Saint Lawrence
Sampled Medium(Media): Lake water, stream water, fish
Analyte(s): acid neutralizing capacity, pH, color, nitrates, ammonium, sulfates, dissolved inorganic carbon, dissolved organic carbon, total dissolved aluminum, total monomeric aluminum, organic monomeric aluminum, calcium, magnesium, potassium, silica, sodium, chloride, fluoride, sodium, nitrite, conductivity
Sampling Technolog(ies): fish surveys, wet deposition NYSDEC procedures, water chemistry EPA LTM protocol, EPA mountain cloud protocol
Sampling Frequency: monthly, weekly, during snow melt
Total Costs: $10,067,076
NYSERDA Costs: $3,845,433
Funding Source(s): NYSERDA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Contract Initiated: April, 1999
Estimated Completion Date: September, 2006
Project Website: www.adirondacklakessurvey.org
Related EMEP Projects: Myron Mitchell 4917, Dudley Raynal 6086, Doug Burns 6486_6490, Tim Sullivan 7605, Nina Schoch 7608, Howard Simonin 7612_7716, Greg Lawrence 7613_7717_7718
Karen Roy
NYSDEC/Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation
P.O. Box 296
Route 86
Ray Brook, New York 12977
PH: (518) 897-1354
Fax: (518) 897-1364
Email: kmroy@gw.dec.state.ny.us
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